MMOA Podcast - Physical Therapy | Fitness | Geriatrics

The Most Powerful Force to Influence Aging https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/2360604260648779/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult

#SRPreqs is on board with strength training too! Tune in for a discussion regarding use of strength training for patients with Parkinsons's disease.   Ramazzina I, Bernazzoli B, Costantino C. Systematic review on strength training in Parkinson's disease: an unsolved question. Clin Interv Aging. 2017;12:619-628. PRISMA Guidelines Episode   ------------ This episode is sponsored by the Academy of Ge...

Arthritis...a lifestyle related condition??? https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/752269321793728/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult

 The first episode in a series looking at functional testing (over the course of 2019), Nicole explores WHY   we should be performing these tests during evaluations, and looks into the 5 Times Sit to Stand. www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/database Sit-to-stand test: Performance and determinants across the age-spanhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4293702/ ------------ This episod...

What can 8 weeks of Kettlebell Training do? https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/757404344613648/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult

On Oct 28, Troy  brought together a group of home health therapists with varied experiences and backgrounds to answer your questions from Twitter and Facebook in our first Facebook Live event -   an event so large that we had to split it into more than one episode.  Since this was a live event, anything (like kids and dogs) goes. In Part two, we start answering questions taken on FB live. --------...

The Readers Digest Rebuttal - 17 myths you shouldn't believe about fitness after 50 https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/182318216027398/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonic...

We know muscle weakness negatively impacts mortality and morbidity. We also know PTs continue to be a vital piece to improving healthcare outcomes in inpatient/outpatient/long term care facilities. Join in to see how muscle strength can significantly impact many different variables related to disease progression, quality of life, etc and how we can use these facts to help our patients realize the...

Why You Should Focus on Effort...Not Speed https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/793819980954600/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult

After hearing new grad's thoughts on their education on the last #stateoftheSNF, Tali and Nicole explore practical ideas for CIs to better prepare their students to work with older adults . ------------ This episode is sponsored by the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy. Check out their FREE resources they've given you, listeners of SRP - http://GeriatricsPT.org/SRP ------------ SRP is brought...

In this veterans day special episode of SRPrereqs, Erinn and Tali salute the veterans and those in service, discussing Disability Rating, Age at Death, and Cause of Death in U.S. Veterans with Service-Connected Conditions, and what can we learn from those in order to serve better those that have served us. https://academic.oup.com/milmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/milmed/usy040/4954108 ----------...

Let's talk about intensity! https://www.facebook.com/educatePT/videos/1373656716099626/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult   ------------ SRP is brought to you...

Guest host, Chris Hinze, interviews Ty Schmidt, physical therapist and co-founder/executive director of Norte. Ty shares the story of how he and his wife Johanna grew a neighborhood bike train experiment into a thriving nonprofit that is transforming how people in Traverse City move about. Contact Ty for more information at:  @elgruponorte , ty@elgruponorte.org , www.elgruponorte.org ------------...

How prepared did you feel to work in geriatrics after graduation? What skills should be highlighted in the classroom? In clinicals? Listen in as new grads (and a current student!) discuss their ideas while Nicole listens... and learns. ------------ This episode is sponsored by the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy. Check out their FREE resources they've given you, listeners of SRP - http://Ger...

Talking diastasis recti in the Older adult! https://www.facebook.com/educatePT/videos/247363132637410/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult

On Oct 28, Troy  brought together a group of home health therapists with varied experiences and backgrounds to answer your questions from Twitter and Facebook in our first Facebook Live event -   an event so large that we had to split it into more than one episode.  Since this was a live event, anything (like kids and dogs) goes. In Part One, we make introductions,  discuss the strengths of workin...

3 Ways to Build POWER w. Triple Extension https://www.facebook.com/educatePT/videos/466913720458849/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult

What Masters Athletes are teaching us about normal, healthy aging and #geriPT https://www.facebook.com/educatePT/videos/452309181958097/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/...

For PT's working in residential facilities, two things are often true - most patients will have decreased ADL function, and there are not many studies addressing the effects of high intensity functional exercise on these populations.  Alyssa looks at an article that addresses theses concerns, along with the feasibility of including pts with decreased cognitive function (MMSE 10 or higher). linked...

Afraid to Load Your Patients? Try This https://www.facebook.com/educatePT/videos/761855747479988/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult

Meg Lowry is back  -  interviewing motor control researcher Steven Van Andel about how people approach and step onto a curb. Steve explains perceptual motor coupling with an analogy we can all relate to: Super Mario Brothers. The differences Steve found in the strength of perceptual-motor coupling in younger adults vs older adults, and older fallers vs non fallers may be  contrary to what many cli...

The Litmus Test for Rehab Pro's https://www.facebook.com/educatePT/videos/1811628618872269/ Be sure to check out  Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett  - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://ptonice.com/older-adult

Nicole chats with Mandy Shintani, creator of the ACTIVATOR   poles, on  an emerging trend in gait training - particularly with neurological patient population.  Linked   research Questions for Mandy? reach out  - mandy@urbanpoling.com ------------ This episode is sponsored by the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy. Check out their FREE resources they've given you, listeners of SRP - http://Geri...

With aging... it comes down to a question of Functional Reserve & Resiliency Watch the video at  https://www.facebook.com/educatePT/videos/471761863289849/ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult  - an 8 week online course led by Dustin Jones and Christina Prevett. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults -  http://p...

Meg Lowry interviews the researcher who smashed the record for greatest reduction in falls rates in residential aged care environment -  and explores how this is informing future government policy on funding exercise in aged care homes around Australia, Dr. Jennie Hewitt.  linked article:  https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(17)30699-0/abstract Hewitt, J., Goodall, S., Clemson, L., Henwood, T...